Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Federal Register: February 25, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 36)
Notices
Page 8544-8545
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
30Day-09-08BP
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project: Audience Profiling for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Prevention Status--New--National Center for Environmental Health
(NCEH), Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury
Prevention (CCEHIP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Carbon monoxide (CO) is one of the leading causes of poison-related deaths in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) estimates that each year approximately 500 people die of unintentional, nonfire-related CO exposure, and another 15,000 individuals visit emergency rooms for treatment from exposure to CO gas.
Despite our current knowledge of scenarios and products that lead to CO poisoning, questions remain about when and how individuals use
CO-emitting products, why they engage in certain risk behaviors, how best to inform them about the CO poisoning, and how receptive they are to existing prevention materials. This study aims to address these questions through assessing the basis for current audience knowledge, attitudes, and practices and, ultimately, strengthen educational materials about CO poisoning prevention.
The study will employ the use of qualitative methods during three phases of data collection. Phase I will consist of eight in-person focus groups among home furnace owners and portable generator owners (n
= 64) as well as four telephone interviews with organizations that serve populations at risk for CO poisoning (n = 4). Phase II will consist of analyzing previously collected data on consumer media usage and preferences. Phase III will consist of 16 in-person triad interviews (3 individuals per interview) with home furnace owners and portable generator owners (n = 48) to pretest CO poisoning educational materials.
NCEH will identify individuals for the focus groups and triad interviews using recruiting firms that specialize in the two at-risk populations: (1) Home furnace owners and (2) portable generator owners.
Individuals in these two groups will be screened over the telephone by the recruiting firms, and if they meet the eligibility criteria, will be invited to participate in the study. At the end of each focus group and triad interview, NCEH will ask participants to complete a brief exit questionnaire on demographics and media usage.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The total estimated burden hours are 276.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
Number of
Average burden
Type of respondents
Instrument type
Number of
responses per per response (in respondents
respondent
hours)
Owners of Gas or Oil Burning
Focus Group Screener.
64
1
10/60
Household Appliances.
Focus Group..........
32
1
2
Exit Questionnaire...
32
1
10/60
Triad Screener.......
48
1
10/60
Triad................
24
1
2
Owners of Portable Gas Burning
Focus Group Screener.
64
1
10/60
Generator
Focus Group..........
32
1
2
Exit Questionnaire...
32
1
10/60
Triad Screener.......
48
1
10/60
Triad................
24
1
2
Expert............................. Telephone Interview..
4
1
1
Page 8545
Dated: February 13, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
FR Doc. E9-3999 Filed 2-24-09; 8:45 am
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